International Business Education

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1 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 International Business Education Outreach Initiatives for Grades K-12 Centers for International Business Education (CIBERs) THE CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. COMPILED AND EDITED BY THE CIBERS OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS.

2 CIBER Universities University of Washington University of Kansas University of Colorado at Denver University of Wisconsin at Madison University of Illinois Purdue University Indiana University Michigan State University University of Michigan The Ohio State University University of Connecticut Brigham Young University University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California University of Hawaii At Manoa San Diego State University Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management University of Texas at Austin Texas A & M University University of Memphis University of Pittsburgh Duke University Columbia University Temple University University of Pennsylvania University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of South Carolina Georgia Institute of Technology University of Florida Florida International University The Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) were created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation s capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CIBER program links the manpower and information need of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities across the U.S. Thirty universities designated as CIBERs serve as regional and national resources to business, students, and academics. Together, the CIBERs form a powerful network focused on improving American competitiveness and providing comprehensive services and programs that help U.S. businesses succeed in global markets. Program Administrator: Susanna Easton, IEGPS, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, D.C ; Phone: (202) ; susanna_easton@ed.gov;

3 Fall 2003 Outreach Initiatives for Grades K-12 Centers for International Business Education (CIBERs)

4 Table of Contents Introduction...1 Brigham Young University...2 Columbia University...2 Duke University...2 Florida International University...4 Georgia Institute of Technology...5 Indiana University...7 Michigan State University...8 Purdue University...10 San Diego State University...11 The Ohio State University...13 Temple University...14 Texas A&M University...14 Thunderbird...15 University of California at Los Angeles...16 University of Colorado at Denver...16 University of Connecticut...17 University of Florida...17 University of Hawaii at Manoa...18 University of Illinois...19 University of Kansas...20 University of Memphis...22 University of Michigan...24 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill...24 University of Pennsylvania...25 University of Pittsburgh...26 University of South Carolina...27 University of Southern California...27 University of Texas at Austin...28 University of Washington...28 University of Wisconsin...29 List of CIBER Universities...31 CIBERWeb...34 Appendix: CIBER K-12 Outreach Activities Summary Matrix...35

5 Introduction The Centers for International Business Education Program (CIBER) was created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation s capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education (under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965), the CIBER program has linked the manpower and information needs of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities throughout the United States. The programmatic requirements of the legislation mandate that every Center provide a comprehensive array of services and that funded Centers will Be national resources for the teaching of improved business techniques, strategies, and methodologies which emphasize the international context in which business is transacted; Provide instruction in critical foreign languages and international fields needed to provide an understanding of the cultures and customs of United States trading partners; Provide research and training in the international aspects of trade, commerce, and other fields of study; Provide training to students enrolled in the institution or institutions in which a center is located; Serve as regional resources to local businesses by offering programs and providing research designed to meet the international training needs of such businesses; and Serve other faculty, students, and institutions of higher education located within their region. Outreach Initiatives for Grades K-12 The K-12 activities of the CIBER network encompass a variety of initiatives designed to infuse international issues into to pre-college educational programs. Included are a wide range of projects and programs of differing formats for elementary, middle and high school students and teachers. Projects range from the development and dissemination of broad-based curriculum guidelines and curricular materials to the development of more focused in-depth topical guides. Delivery formats include training workshops and summer institutes for students and teachers, student and academic speakers, and implementation of student-directed projects. Nearly all activities include partnerships with community organizations, local school districts, businesses, and/or state agencies. The subject matter ranges from general themes of global interdependence to more disciplinefocused activities in the arenas of foreign language, social studies, business, and economics. CIBER efforts appear to have the most extensive reach at the high school level; however, CIBERs are increasingly partnering with local middle and elementary schools, colleges of education, world affairs councils, and other organizations to extend programming reach to younger ages. The following pages detail current and planned K-12 outreach programs for most of the thirty CIBERs. Contact information for each CIBER is included in an index at the back of this report. This directory is available on-line through the national CIBER website: CIBERWeb at Susanna C. Easton Gregory C. Cutchin Program Specialist- International Education and Managing Director Graduate Programs Service Center for International Business U.S. Department of Education Education and Research Washington, DC Purdue University Tel: (202) / Susanna.Easton@ed.gov West Lafayette, IN

6 Brigham Young University 1. International Outreach Program (the originators of the well-known CulturGrams): A class at Brigham Young University (BYU) that creates and presents country-specific presentations to K-12 classes and assemblies, with new countries represented each semester. Each presentation includes a business, economic and/or trade component. All presentation information is compiled into a publication for use by K-12 teachers in the classroom, called Culture Guides. There are approximately 25 BYU students enrolled each semester in the International Outreach class, reaching approximately 1000 primary/secondary age students per semester (2000 per year). 2. Model United Nations (Model UN): Brigham Young University offers a class where BYU students are taught how the Model UN simulation works. This is a program where the students are assigned to a "real" United Nations committee as delegates representing a given country on social, economic and political issues. It provides the opportunity for students to learn delegation, negotiation, public speaking, consortiums and alliances, problem solving skills, and economic and socioeconomic class differences, etc. The BYU students then host a Junior High/High School Model United Nations competition. This year the UNCTAD (United Nations Committee on Trade and Development) committee will be simulated along with many others. The simulation itself reaches approximately 800 7th - 12th graders, along with around 25 teachers. Training sessions are also held and managed by the BYU Model UN team for all JH/HS participants preparatory for the simulation. 3. Center for Western European Studies (another BYU Title IV program): This Center will be sponsoring and hosting a K-12 Teacher Training, 2-day workshop. This workshop plans on "training the teachers how to instruct about Western Europe," including economic and business related sessions, the Euro, etc. K-12 Teacher outreach should reach approximately Projected workshop dates: Spring 2004 Columbia University Columbia University CIBER has no K-12 initiatives to report at this time. Duke University K-12 Exploratory Global Awareness and Business Language initiatives This outreach initiative is a collaboration among five CIBER schools (University of Connecticut, Duke University, UNC-CH, the University of Pittsburgh, and San Diego State University). Research undertaken by the Duke CIBER documents the acute need for multilingual and culturally aware workers in U.S. corporate managerial and government positions. Global financial health---and the leadership of the U.S. in maintaining it---is inseparable from national 2

7 security. Moreover, the U.S. government s stated priority is to promote international trade and educational reform to ensure U.S. economic viability in a globally interdependent network of countries. In 1999, these national priorities and the Duke CIBER ongoing experiments with programs aimed at teaching business languages and global awareness led to the initiation of The Duke CIBER/C.E. Jordan High School Demonstration Partnership. The project was intended to stimulate interest among high school students to learn a second language and to address the need for curricular reform in second language instruction at the high-school level. With an initial Duke CIBER investment and support from the Mary Biddle Duke Foundation, content and activity-based modular lesson plans were developed to introduce basic IB concepts into existing French, civics, marketing, and world history classes. Parents, students, and the Jordan High School guidance counselor reported dramatic increase in student-expressed interest in French classes featuring CIBER-researched lesson plans. The success of this project highlights the potential of CIBERs to bridge the second-language and global-awareness gap between government educational priorities and the real fragmentation that exists throughout the U.S. educational system at the K-12 level. Similar conclusions have been reached by a number of CIBER schools that have also undertaken K-12-level outreach projects. Many of the more than fifteen CIBERs cosponsoring the 2002 Conference on Global Interdependence and Language, Business, and Culture have expressed interest in exploratory K- 12 initiatives. These CIBER schools included the five schools that are collaborating in K-12 Exploratory Global Awareness and Business Language Initiatives during the current CIBER grant cycle. Therefore, the Duke and UNC-CH CIBERs have included a miniforum at the 2002 Language Conference to explore integrating business, cultural, and language education at the K- 12 level. As a follow-up to the Language Conference, the CIBERs at Duke and UNC-Ch co-hosted the K- 12 meeting in Washington, D.C., in October The meeting included the original five CIBER K-12 consortium members, other CIBERs, U.S. Department of Education officials, and guest speakers. The purpose of the meeting was to explore K-12 initiative, review and discuss policy mandate pertaining to K-12, and seek opportunities for collaboration among the CIBERs. From this meeting, there was a general sense that the most effective way for the CIBERs to be involved with the K-12 projects would be to work within the existing organizations or NGOs in their states. At the same time, CIBER collaboration at the national level is also important. A number of steps have been taken to begin the collaborative effort. 1) Purdue CIBER created the K-12 section within the CIBERweb where case studies and K-12 materials have been consolidated in one place, making them accessible to teachers and educators. 2) The University of Connecticut CIBER was the first CIBER to upload their teaching materials and guidelines onto the CIBERweb. The plan is to have the CIBERs contribute other teaching materials to the site as they become available. With this focus in mind, the CIBERs at Duke and UNC-Ch plan to organize the N.C. K-12 Symposium on International Business Education during the summer of The symposium will bring together North Carolina teachers, policy makers, and educators to discuss 3

8 what has been done at the state level. The assessment will help identify opportunities for effective partnerships with existing educational organizations throughout North Carolina in order to maintain, improve, or create new programs using No Child Left Behind mandate as guidelines. To evince a comprehensive understanding of the range of issues, the collaborating CIBERs plan to organize a conference, tentatively planned for spring 2005, on K-12 Exploratory Global Awareness and Business Language Initiatives. Following this, the CIBERs will produce a position paper to inform policy initiatives at the federal and state levels and identify K-12 initiatives that CIBERs have undertaken individually or collectively. The position paper will be circulated and discussed at the AIBER meeting and a final report forwarded to the DOE by March 1, Florida International University Teaching Spanish for Business in the High Schools, A Cross Cultural approach CIBER with the help of Mr. Roberto Brito, Broward County Schools, carried out a survey in l of 120 school districts throughout the USA to determine who is teaching Spanish for Business, what those courses are like, if they are not offering such courses, whether they are interested in offering them. Mr. Robert Brito and Dr. Maida Watson, the CIBER Foreign Language Coordinator from l997 to the present, created a new web based journal entitled The International Journal for Teaching Languages for Special Purposes in the Secondary Schools. This journal has been registered under the domain name: techlanguagesforspecialpurposes.com. Journal editors have sought articles from specialists in the US and abroad who are interested in working in this subject area. Articles will be refereed by a panel of editors, which will include well-known specialists in high schools, colleges and universities throughout the USA and Europe. FIU CIBER in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain has organized a special workshop in Teaching Spanish for Business during the last two years, which is planned for June 22-July 3, In 2003 the workshop will have special emphasis on training high school teachers who wish to teach Spanish for Business in the High School. Funds have been requested in the CIBER renewal to develop special, communicative proficiency oriented Spanish language materials for the high schools and to carry out a series of teacher training workshops in the Miami Dade County and Broward County areas. CIBER has contributed to this effort the cost of postage to mail the survey, Mr. Brito s air fare and hotel costs to the Duke CIBER Foreign Languages and Business Conference in March 2002 to publicize this project, and the in kind service of Dr. Maida Watson who has been a consultant for FIU CIBER during the last four academic years and has been devoting a large part of her efforts to this project. 4

9 Funds have been requested to conduct this same survey with private and catholic schools all over the USA. Special funds have been requested for a speakers series that will travel to Miami Dade County, Broward Schools and give talks to groups of high school teachers. These speakers will include Drs. Orlando Kelm, U of Texas, Roberta Levine, U of Maryland, Patricia Portinos, U of Miami. In addition, the CIBER Conference for April 2-5, 2003 on International Business, Foreign Languages and Technology will feature a special section dedicated to Spanish for Business in the High Schools. CIBER FIU and the FIU Modern Languages Department will cosponsor with the UNED in Spain a Ciber Conference in June 2003 which will include a section dedicated to languages for Business for the High Schools. Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology s CIBER Program is involved, or plans to be involved, in the following K-12 initiatives. Language for Business and Technology GT CIBER is currently involved in multiple "Language for Business and Technology" pedagogical workshops for high school language teachers (German, French, Spanish, and Japanese) at the rate of about a year. Specific Examples: Japanese Language Teachers' Workshop at Clemson University; Goethe - GT language workshop on "Standards; German and the WWW" for high school teachers: FLAG French language workshop on web-based teaching methods. This is an activity that has roots in the early 1990s when CIBER was first funded. It has expanded and our language faculty is working closely with the Georgia Department of Education's Language Division. Model High School International Business Program with North Fulton Magnet High School GT CIBER also supports the Model High School International Business Program with North Fulton Magnet High School. This magnet program administered by North Atlanta High School s Center for International Studies offers a unique International Business Program (IBP). Over 100 students are enrolled. Its goal of the program is to evolve into a model of excellence for highschool/university collaboration. Outcomes include: (a) developing a student-run trading company to teach import and export processes, (b) constructing a school store to teach business life skills such as entrepreneurship, and (c) establishing a Network of Cooperative Global Business Education Programs to foster joint projects with high schools in Estonia, England, Brazil, and Jamaica, among others. The program is recognized as a national model for foreign language and international studies education. Upon completion, students receive an international business diploma along with their high school diploma. In GT CIBER Phase IV, we will focus our collaborative efforts in two areas. a. The International Business Diploma Program: This high school program received the 1998 National Council for Social Studies/State Farm Insurance Good Neighbor Award for Innovative Teaching Strategies and was first described in the May 4, 1998 issue of U.S. News & World Report. GT CIBER and its Core Faculty will assist in strengthening this specialized high school curriculum with DCoM faculty acting as curricular advisors; and 5

10 assisting in designing and grading a standard web-based testing program for the IBP diploma; b. ACTCo., An International Student-Run Enterprise: Incorporated in 1985 to involve IBP high school students in international trade with a Caribbean focus, it is involved in the sales of arts and craft giftware lines from the West Indies. Some fifty IBP students now collectively own and manage the high school company store and website ( The company grossed $35,000 between September 1993 and June 2001 and received an AT&T grant for Internet education. GT CIBER, working with the IBS program directors, will assist in strengthening ACTCo. and expanding graduate international business student mentoring; assist in further refining Warrior Warehouse, this model high school store providing business skills to high school students; use CIBER overseas partnership agreements to expand the IBP network; and offer lectures and training sessions on international topics to instructors and students. This program element allows a CIBER to share its international expertise with a population of pre-college students, thereby preparing them to pursue international business careers. Other highlights of the GT CIBER/North Atlanta High School collaborative program include: c. An international (13th H.S., year) "baccalaureate program with advanced teaching in less commonly spoken languages (Arabic, Chinese) d. An "International Business Program" (IBP) for high school students (curricular development of a model program including basic economics and trade, foreign languages, foundation of entrepreneurship in an international trade context) e. Exchange of high school students from select partner countries with exchanges of one semester's duration f. A high school in-house sales center in which students sell art/crafts acquired on overseas trips --the experience allows them to master some basic concepts of trade, accounting and sales g. An annual High School International Studies "Summit" in which some 90 students will participate at the end of March 2002 (partly on campus here at Georgia Tech) h. We have hosted at the GT CIBER a small number of high school interns who have worked closely with CIBER staff and graduate students as mentors (1 student per year since 1997.) i. Our faculty has lectured often as guests in various high school programs on international business issues j. We have provided curricular material in entrepreneurship, e-commerce (international dimensions) for high school instruction We have been involved, as a CIBER, with this high school pilot program for the past five years and are continuing and expanding the relationship in the coming grant cycle years. Web Page/Foreign Language Competition for Georgia High School Students GT CIBER sponsors a Web Page/Foreign Language Competition for Georgia High School Students. This includes GT CIBER granting small stipends to encourage winners of the competition to spend parts of their summer overseas in intensive language programs (the awards are supplemented with funding from various overseas summer language schools). The prize for five Georgia High School students will be awarded on Friday evening at Pace Academy (an 6

11 international high school) after a concert of French music following a week-long Francophonie Celebration in Atlanta. Example of one such competition for multilingual web design by high school students: This program started in 2000 in the context of the first celebration of "Francophonie (French Speaking) World Week in Atlanta" and is being repeated for the third time this year. GT Language Faculty and CIBER run the competitions. We intend to carry it on into the next grant cycle. Globalization Workshops We have done Globalization Workshops for the DeKalb County School System (for school administrators and lead teachers in languages in international studies). The last one was Summer We started this program in the Summer of 2000 following up on the concerns of several high school administrators in Fulton and DeKalb Counties. We intend to carry this program forward into the CIBER IV grant cycle. Georgia Council on Economic Education In Phase IV, GT CIBER plans a new partnership with the Georgia Council on Economic Education. To reach further into the school systems of Georgia and share the CIBER knowledge base with Georgia teachers, we have entered into a partnership with the Georgia Council on Economic Education. The Council's mission is to help teachers teach economics. Two thousand teachers go through Council's programs every year. CIBER is primarily concerned with the international business and economic dimension of this mission. In Phase IV, CIBER will team with the Council in co-organizing five short teacher training workshops focused on globalization and economic education; assist in releasing select teachers for the workshops; assist in international economic lesson planning through the use of the virtual Global Education Clearinghouse website. Other CIBER outreach educational programs will be made available, free of charge, to Council-sponsored teachers. Indiana University International Agribusiness Summer Institute In collaboration with IU s Center for the Study of Global Change, the IU CIBER proposes the development of a summer institute focusing on international agribusiness its business, public policy, and technical aspects. While 38 th in land size, Indiana ranks as the ninth largest exporting state for agricultural products (more than $1.43 billion per year). The internationally oriented Future Farmers of America (FFA), with national headquarters in Indianapolis, also will partner on this project. The summer institute will target high school teachers of agriculture and agribusiness as well as college students who are studying an aspect of agribusiness. The IU Center for the Study of Global Change will be responsible for the public policy aspects of the institute, Purdue University s School of Agriculture will oversee the technical aspects, and the IU CIBER will develop and coordinate the international business aspects of the institute. 7

12 International Studies Summer Institute An intensive, two-week workshop for high school teachers and students, this interdisciplinary institute attracts a range of U.S. and international participants committed to learning in some depth about the new issues and problems today s global environment presents. For the past three years, the IU CIBER has taken responsibility for the economic and business-oriented pedagogy in the workshop cooperating with a wide range of IU s area studies centers, the IU International Programs Office and the IU Center for World Change, this workshop reaches a less traditional but very important and highly motivated audience. Indiana in the World Precollegiate Curriculum and Website In response to the expressed need by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) to provide an up-to-date multidisciplinary curriculum on international trade for the state s middle and high school students, the IU CIBER, in cooperation with the Kelley School s Global Programs Office, the IU International Resource Center, IDOE, Indiana Humanities Council, PSI/Cinergy, and Purdue University CIBER provided sponsorship and direction for its development. The curriculum materials have been enthusiastically received and adopted, are used for enhancing the international content of social studies, economics, geography, business, and language classes. More than 4,000 copies have been distributed across Indiana and to various Indiana education associations and other global educators nationally. Indiana in the World now can be accessed at and lesson plans can be downloaded. It has also been selected for inclusion in the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Sciences/Social Science Education. The curriculum and website are continually updated and improved with support from CIBER and others. International Business Teaching Materials Collection IU CIBER has served as a clearinghouse for information on innovative means of delivering international content in the classroom. It has received advertisements and listings for virtually all new internationally oriented materials such as games, simulations, videos, and cases since These are catalogued, and IU CIBER also acquires a substantial portion of the materials to review and/or archive. The materials are appropriate and targeted at undergraduate and graduate students but, in some cases, are also appropriate for high school juniors and seniors. The collection is housed at the IU Business/SPEA Library and is available through interlibrary loan to high school and college teachers throughout Indiana. Michigan State University Business Language Packets for High School Spanish, German, and French These packets are the first in a series of packets on business-related topics being developed for advanced high school language learners. While "business language" courses have proliferated at the college and university levels for the past 25 years, the interest in business language has not been as vigorous at the high school level. Those who teach business language in post-secondary settings have been invigorated by the natural compatibility of business-related topics with students' interests in careers and the world of work. It seems only natural, therefore, that high school students would be equally attracted to the content presented in business language 8

13 classrooms. We partner with the CLEAR Center for Language Education And Research at MSU. For more information, check out: or High School Business Language Workshops CIBER and CLEAR at MSU are undertaking onsite workshops for high school foreign language teachers who wish to learn about Business Language, implement the High School Business Language Packets for French, German, and Spanish, and make connections to the business community for international business career development opportunities. Internationalizing Career Pathways, a proposed initiative with Michigan State University s CLEAR and CIBER and the State of Michigan The State of Michigan is currently promoting the implementation of Career Pathways Programming in Michigan High Schools; 93% of Michigan s public schools will have implemented the Program by The Career Pathways materials are innovative and are being well received in the school systems. The materials provided for schools and parents, however, do not currently stress the importance of globalization and the knowledge of foreign languages and cultures for the career paths chosen by students. CIBER and CLEAR will team up to work with the State of Michigan to emphasize the importance of globalization and knowledge of foreign languages and cultures in career options and opportunities. CIBER and CLEAR will work together to develop additional Career Pathways materials and to design workshops for high school teachers, administrators, and advisors that inform them of the importance of languages and culture studies within a global context that lead to globally competent employees for the U.S. workforce. Language for Business and Economics: Internet Sourcebooks While the Internet Sourcebooks for French, German, and Spanish were originally developed to be resource sites for students taking business French, German, and Spanish at the University level, CLEAR and CIBER are currently promoting them for use as well with the high school business language packets described above. They will be actively used during the onsite workshops for high school teachers wishing to implement business language curricula. In addition to these three original languages, CLEAR is currently developing a sourcebook for Japanese. For more information, check out or CLEAR s Materials Development site, where there is also a link to the Sourcebooks, International Business Connections Workshop In May 2003, CIBER and CLEAR brought together language and business experts from around the country to discuss the language needs in the business community. Those findings will be published as a white paper in In the spring of 2004, CIBER and CLEAR will invite language professionals from the middle and high school levels to attend a workshop to develop best practices from the information collected in the roundtable. Finally, in the following year, CIBER and CLEAR will hold another workshop for language instructors that will be a culmination of all the findings to date. 9

14 Purdue University Many of Purdue CIBER K-12 activities are done in partnership with the Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE). They incorporate pre-service as well as in-service K-12 programs in economics education, including international economics concepts. General economics education programs encompass grades K-12 and most programs with a specific international focus are intended for teachers in grades Activities are primarily ongoing as part of the regular, yearly programming of the Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE) and are an important component of the CIBER K-12 outreach agenda. Programs focus on general topics of economics education, and events take place regularly on subjects related to international economics as part of for-credit as well as non-credit graduate programs. Each summer, with support from Purdue CIBER, the ICEE sponsors intensive, three-hour graduate-credit workshops for K-12 teachers that cover a variety of economic concepts and teaching methods. Workshops include sessions in which local business, labor, and agricultural leaders serve as respondents or speakers. These graduate credit programs take place at twelve University Centers all part of the ICEE network throughout Indiana. Purdue CIBER s primary role is to provide funding for ICEE programs. However, CIBER sometimes also provides speakers for specific programs, when appropriate. Funding supports teacher training in economics/international economics as well as curriculum materials designed for K-12 teachers and students. These have been developed by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), parent organization of the ICEE, as well as by the ICEE and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). Teacher-tested economics curriculum materials with an international focus as listed below provide teachers with specific lessons that they can use with their students. In keeping with ICEE/NCEE philosophy, these creative curriculum materials are non-partisan, focusing on the basics of economics and giving middle and high school students the intellectual tools to make rational economic and public policy decisions: Trading Around the World (ICEE); Indiana in the World (IDOE, ICEE, CIBER); Focus: International Economics (NCEE); Focus: Economics Systems (NCEE); Economies in Transition (NCEE); and EconEd Link (web-based lessons see In 2003, two new NCEE curriculum publications with heavy international emphasis have been published and will be introduced in ICEE workshops: Focus: Institutions and Markets, and The Wide World of Trade. In addition, ICEE has developed several new elementary curriculum products. In early 2003, the new Economics and Folktales curriculum booklet will be published. In this curriculum, young students learn economics by examining Chinese and Western folktales. In addition, ICEE continues to place books with an international focus on its popular KidsEcon Posters web site. ( - click on Literature Connection) Teachers will find lessons giving specific economics-focused questions they can ask their students. Examples of books include the popular Following an Ice Cream Cone Around the World (which stresses the international interdependence required to produce ice cream) and Tools (a book for primary students which shows how people in different countries use many kinds of tools to produce goods and services.) 10

15 In addition to its relationship with the Indiana Council for Economic Education, Purdue CIBER will continue supporting K-12 outreach programs in foreign language through the University s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. On-going initiatives include participation in programs for K-12 teachers such as the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, as well in a Continuing Education Immersion Program for inner city magnet school teachers. Dr. Joe Wipf, Professor of German and Education, works with Indiana high school German teachers regarding teaching methods and new pedagogical materials for the teaching of German. Dr. Thomas Broden, Associate Professor of French, continues to provide conversational opportunities between high school French students and native French speakers at Purdue University, as well as on-going involvement in the French Quiz Bowl, a regional competition for high school French students. Although not directly supported with CIBER funds, the Purdue School of Agriculture offers Professors in the Classroom, a program in which Purdue professors travel to any high school in Indiana to make presentations on economics, social science, science, and engineering topics. Subjects include but are not limited to international issues such as building cultural bridges, living and teaching in foreign cultures, and understanding the potential impact of international events on students daily lives. Presentations are made free of charge. San Diego State University As part of its effort at engaging the local education community in programs that enhance international business awareness and cross-cultural exploration, the SDSU CIBER and International Business (IB) program staff work closely with a number of K-12 programs throughout San Diego. This outreach takes many forms, including visits to high school campuses by CIBER academic advisors, invited tours of the International Business program offices and interviews with staff by high school and community college advisors, and student and parent visits to IB at SDSU on a regular. Honors students in the IB program also make visits to local elementary and high schools to talk about languages, cultural sensitivity and international business to small classes as well as larger assembled groups of students. Outreach Highlights Our approach to K-12 outreach is that the SDSU IB program will produce even more outstanding graduates if we can affect their level of preparation and sophistication by forming partnerships with their schools before they come here. Thus, we have helped in the formation of a number of international business tracks at high schools in San Diego such as La Costa Canyon High School and San Dieguito High School. By serving as language evaluators and mentors at The Language Academy, a French and Spanish immersion school near the SDSU campus, we can not only assess the efficacy of language programs initiated at early stages in the learning cycle but we can also modify our acquisition techniques and expectations in light of what we see and experience in K-12 programs. Our perspective is long-term, and our outreach reflects this. Located just ½ mile from SDSU, the Montezuma Language Academy is a K-8 language immersion school currently offering Spanish and French tracks, with Arabic and Japanese under 11

16 consideration. For several years, Dr. Loughrin-Sacco and other members of the CIBER and Department of European Studies have visited the school regularly to test and evaluate the language progress of students, work with teachers on curriculum projects, and talk with parents about international business and related pursuits for which the students might use their language and area studies skills. In addition, the Language Academy staff have attended various CIBER workshops on language, business communication and other topics for skill development and curriculum enhancement. Equally important are the training programs that we provide, such as the Business French and Business Spanish workshops for high school teachers that CIBER has sponsored over the years. Twelve high school teachers from around San Diego participated in workshops and attended panel sessions on the latest research and pedagogical issues facing languages and international business. The SDSU CIBER will begin offering in 2003 a series of annual workshops, in both northern and southern California, focused on curriculum and skill development in the context of globalization and increasing the cross-cultural platform for teachers. With themes such as business language, cross-cultural negotiation, integration of technology, experiential learning, and seamless K-16 curricula, the workshops will feature guest speakers, proven pedagogical materials and approaches, and zero cost to participants. SDSU engages in outreach to junior high and high schools to heighten the awareness of language, area studies and cross-cultural skills and their applicability in the students personal and professional lives as they grow older. The objective is to get the students thinking about the ways in which their international aspirations might play a role in their college lives and beyond, and what early preparation, such as languages, might be necessary. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend as they can often play a critical role in the student s decision-making context. San Diego State s dual and triple-degree programs in international business are undergraduate degrees which require that students pursue a very detailed and comprehensive curriculum (with significant study and work time abroad) from the moment they arrive at the university. Our outreach by the IB Chair, Dr. Loughrin-Sacco, and members of his advising team, is focused on visiting schools and talking with counselors, students and parents about the need for early preparation for the degree program. Such focus can take the form of AP courses in languages or the pursuit of an International Baccalaureate curriculum. In 2001, the CIBER and the San Dieguito Union High School District, with funding from Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, conducted a five-week-long seminar for 15 Southern California 7-12th grade Spanish and area studies teachers at the Universidad de Valparaiso in Viña del Mar, Chile. The goals of the seminar and follow-up dissemination activities were to provide teachers with (1) a contextually rich environment from which they will enhance their Spanish-language skills and investigate Chile s political and economic role in the emerging hemisphere-wide free trade zone; and (2) an opportunity to use the Fulbright-Hays seminar to develop collaborative interdisciplinary instructional units designed to globalize secondary education with an international business focus. Beginning in 2003, the District will begin implementing an international business curriculum for San Dieguito High School, led by the faculty who participated in the Chile program. 12

17 Following are quotes received following a February 9, 2000 trip by 11 International Business Academy students (San Dieguito High School) to SDSU: "The International Business program at San Diego State University has caught our interest due to the fusion of interdisciplinary studies of language/culture/business...which is the direction our world language program at SDUHSD is headed. 5 (students) have indicated serious interest in the program and 9 indicated that the field trip was 'highly' worthwhile." "I was surprised how extensive the program was and how many programs they have incorporated into SDSU. Also how SDSU has a wonderful reputation in IB." "I learned of opportunities in International Business. I had never considered pursuing business and now I am so incredibly interested in this major. I am so glad I was introduced to this program." "I was surprised how big the program was. I did not realize how renowned the program is at SDSU. How friendly the advisor was. I did not know about how many careers are offered to those experienced in this field." "I look forward to attending SDSU and majoring in IB. I can't wait to study abroad and do internships abroad!" "I was surprised by the friendliness of the advisor!" Conclusion The SDSU CIBER has developed an extensive array of outreach activities to support K-12 partnerships across San Diego and Southern California. As a result we received more prepared and better-informed students enrolling in SDSU's International Business program. More importantly, however, our outreach activities inform an emerging generation of students about the many benefits of learning languages, exploring different cultures, and experiencing the infinite impact of a study period abroad. By reaching back into the academic pipeline that begins in kindergarten and continues to and through SDSU, we develop in the next generation enthusiasm, curiosity and concern for what lies within and beyond our borders. The Ohio State University K-12 Global Institute In June 2003, the OSU CIBER assisted in the planning and implementation of Global Institute, a four-day summer workshop for Ohio's K-12 teachers. The event, which educated K-12 teachers about applying globalization trends in a multidisciplinary setting, was spearheaded by The Ohio State University s Office of International Affairs, Ohio Dominican University, and the Ohio Department of Education. Global Institute attracted approximately 100 individuals. The OSU 13

18 CIBER contributed through suggestions to the agenda and through liberal dissemination of marketing materials, as well as by providing scholarships to two central Ohio teacher attendees. Foreign Language Faculty FDIB For the fifth consecutive year, the OSU CIBER offered to foreign language faculty and teachers a program called, Lessons from the MBA Classroom: Business Concepts and Pedagogy for Foreign Language Professionals. The topics and sessions offered at the Lessons program served as a business primer for foreign language teachers, instructors and professors so that they may better integrate business concepts in their classroom lessons. More than 35 people, the largest class ever, participated in the program held October 2-4. Special effort was made to attract K-12 teachers, and nearly 30 % of participants were K-12 educators from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. A K-12 teacher from SDSU was one of the program s primary presenters. The program was co-sponsored by the CIBERs at SDSU, Memphis, Indiana, Thunderbird, Hawaii and UNC-Chapel Hill. Temple University Language and Linguistics Speaker Series: Prominent researchers from across the nation are invited to present on specific topics of interest to the greater Philadelphia region s K-12 teachers as well as Temple University s language and linguistics faculty. Faculty development workshops: Topics include business language pedagogy, critical pedagogy, technology for language teaching, the use of film and media in language teaching, assessment of bilingual children s phonology. Virtual Language Center: This virtual language center will be housed on the Temple CIBER s web site and provide resources for K-12 teachers in the region on local resources and networking opportunities through listserves as well as national resources for teaching business languages and faculty development opportunities. Texas A&M University Scholastic Assistance in Global Education (SAGE) The Scholastic Assistance in Global Education (SAGE) program is conducted by the Texas A&M University CIBER to advance the economic, geographic, political, and cultural knowledge of teachers and their students helping them understand the great challenge that globalization poses to this nation. SAGE provides K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills, and teaching materials to help prepare their students for living and working in a global economy and a world that is becoming increasingly technologically and culturally integrated. The SAGE web site, was created to assist both students and teachers by providing access to a wide variety of information. The web site provides curriculum development and guides focusing on economics, social studies, and global cultures as well as 14

19 screened links to other educational sources on the web. In addition, the SAGE Program provides workshops for K-12 teaching training as well as pre-service K-12 teacher training. The Texas A&M University CIBER has provided administrative and financial support for the SAGE Program since it began in The CIBER received a grant from the Bank of America Foundation to support the continued development of the SAGE web site and teacher training workshops. SAGE is a service provided to the educational community by the TAMU CIBER. The TAMU CIBER works in partnership with the Texas A&M College of Education, the International Center in the Bush Presidential Library Complex, and the Social Studies Center for Educator Development. SAGE is needed because of the overwhelming evidence that many Americans are not well informed about the great challenges facing this country as a result of powerful new economic, technological, and geopolitical challenges stemming from the rapidly increasing degree of integration between the U.S. economy and the world economy. Many of America s classroom teachers are not properly prepared to teach about global affairs. SAGE is designed specifically to address this problem. The International Awareness outreach component of the SAGE program alerts teachers that assistance is available and will advance their awareness that the international components of the curriculum are vitally important to their students. The Training and Materials component of SAGE made readily available via the Internet provides assistance in the form of concise, targeted, and interesting learning modules and classroom-ready teaching materials. Having easy access to these knowledge modules and internationally oriented educational materials and resources available on the SAGE web site prepares K-12 social studies teachers to teach the international component of their classes. The SAGE web site makes it possible to reach beyond the educational limitations of textbooks and other traditional educational material. Using SAGE does not require any additional expenditure by the local school district or by the teachers. In addition to the information directly accessible on the web site, SAGE identifies other web sites that are educationally sound and provides links to these sites according to grade level, types of courses, and educational standards. The fact that the educational material on the SAGE web site is free to anyone with access to the Internet should make it very popular among school district administrators as well as teachers and students. Thunderbird 1) Thunderbird was a partner with the CIBER at Fisher College of Business of Ohio State University on their FDIB program for foreign language faculty, "Lessons from the MBA Classroom". The program included a reach-out to K-12 teachers. The program was held October 1-3, ) Thunderbird CIBER is also supporting Prof. Guiomar Borras. Prof. Borras currently is President of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Language Association. The AZLA is the largest professional organization for language educators in the state. It is multi level (including K-12) and multi-language. 15

20 University of California at Los Angeles Together with the UCLA International Institute, the UCLA CIBER will offer a series of in-services and on-site trainings for K-12 teachers in the region in 2003 and The UCLA International Institute has been involved in K-12 outreach endeavors for more than 25 years, serving varied precollegiate constituencies and communities of greater Los Angeles. Our approach will include teacher training/professional development (on campus, and at school sites), demonstrating the use of educational technology, and networking. We support the Summer Institute, offered by the Center for East Asian Studies, and the Teachers as Scholars programs and workshops, adding International Business content to these very successful outreach efforts. Principal Leadership Institute The School of Education is running a program of training teachers to be principals in urban primary and secondary schools. The program is entitled PLI, Principal Leadership Institute and is a joint program between Berkley and UCLA. Dr. Robert Spich who is faculty director of CIBER programs is a member of the PLI founding faculty. With the PLI going through a program review, CIBER has offered funding to support the development and teaching of a program innovation of international economy and business. The idea is to reach key school decision makers in their transition from the classroom to administration with new content curricular design ideas that support the international dimension of K-12 learning. The PLI administrators have responded positively to this idea and discussions will commence at the start of the new year. LEAD Program for Business Education The Anderson School, through its Price Center for Entrepreneurship runs a one-month program for minority high school seniors in business and management. Students are selected nationally for this yearly competitive program. Professor Spich regularly teaches a session on international business for this high school leadership group. CIBER will support innovations in this program that extend the international perspective of business. University of Colorado at Denver Model UN Program The CU CIBER partners with Colorado s Model UN High School Program. Each year we sponsor an international lecture for this body of students. The lecture focuses on a topic identified by the host high school. Japan High School Mentor Program The mentor program pairs high school students from Colorado s IB programs with business executives and managers. These students learn about Japanese culture, business protocol, and 16